Combined brake and speed-regulating m ech anism



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7 COMBINED BRAKE AND SPEED RBGULALTING MECHANISM.

No; 293.059. Patented Feb. 5, 1884.

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l COMBINED BRAKEAND SPEED-REGULATING MEPHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,059, dated February 5, 1884.

Application filed November 26, 1853. No model.)

$0 60115 whom, it may concern:

Beit knownthat I, THOMAS R. MOR AN, .Sr., of Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inaCombined Brake and SpeedRegulating Mechanism; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. A r I My invention relates toa combined brake and speed-regul ating mechanism, the object being to provide the driving-shaft that actuates a machine with a fly-wheel, clu'tch,and brake, 3'

the parts to be arranged so that the fly-wheel may be locked to the driving-shafdaml there- I by render the operation of the machine uni 1 form and constant, and a brake for stopping theshaft at any point of its rotation, and at the same time disconnecting the fly-wheel from the shaft, and'allowing it to rotate independently therefrom.

\Vith these ends in view my invention con sists, essentially, in the combination, witha shaft, fly-wheel, and driving-belt pulley, of a clutch and brake mechanism, the parts being arranged so that whenthe driving-pulley is locked to the shaft the brake willbe disengaged therefrom, and, on the other hand, when the brake is applied and the movement of the shaft arrested, the band-pulley will be simultaneously disconnected from its shaft and allowed to run as an idle-pulley.

Myinvention further consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View, partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section, of myimprovement. Fig.

2is a view in side elevation of the clutch.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the brake-wheel or cone. Fig. 4 is a detached view of theshiftjug-collar.

A represents an upright frame provided with a journal-bearing, B, in which is supported the shaft 0, the end of which is journaled in the bearing B, attached to any suitable upright.

F is a fly-wheel, constructed with an elongated sleeve-bearing, a", which is mounted upon a sleeve-bearing, a, encircling the shaft 0. Driving-pulley G is firmly secured upon one end of a sleeve-bearing, c of the fly-wheel,

whereby the driving-pulley rotates with the fly-wheel. v G are the spokes 0f the driving or belt pulley, and have cast integral therewith the segmental frictionsurfaces a, the rear sides of which are constructed with wide openings a,

through openings in the fiangesa of the yielding face-plate, and engage in screw-threaded sockets or openings in the cross-bar H. Screws M are encircled by spiral springs m, the inner ends of which rest against the flanges a on the yielding face-plate I, while their outer ends bear against the heads m of the screws. By tightening or loosening the screws, the tension of the spiral springs may be regulated as de sired. I These springs serve to force the yield ing plate I against the cross-bar H.

Through openings in the face-plate and crossbar are inserted the bolts K, to the inner ends of which are secured the triangular frictionblo'cks J, the converging faces of which are provided with recesses, in which are detachably secured the friction wearingblocks j, which engage the converging walls of the'fr1c- ,tionsurfaces a on the driving or band pulley G. The outer ends of the bolts K are screw.

threaded, and provided with lock-nuts K.

To the cross-bar H are pivoted the curved levers N, the short arms a of which engage the projections 0 on the yielding face-plate I,

while the long arms of said curved levers cngage the conical end of the shifting collar 0. Hand-lever E is secured at one end to a rockshaft, R, journaled in suitable bracket-bearings, E, which are bolted to the upright I);

To the rock-shaft R is secured the forked arm R, having forks or fingers r r, in the outer ends of which are mounted pins or studs carrying anti-friction rollers s s, that engage in the annular groove Q of the sliding collar 0. O by means of the key or spline P, which ar- The sliding collar 0 is secured to the shaft IOO rangement allows said collar to rotate with the shaft and still have an endwise sliding movement thereon. One end of the sliding collar 0 has cast thereon a disk provided with a coniical periphery, I in which is formed a series of undercut grooves 19. v

Within the undercut grooves 12 are removably secured the friction-blocks I, which latter engage with the stationary friction-surface P, which is preferably cast integral with the upright D.

Having described the construction and arrangement of the several parts of my improvement, I will now briefly describe its operation.

When the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 1, the brake is applied to the shaft 0 and the latter held at res't, while the fly-wheel F and the band-pulley Gare rotated by means of the driving-belt G. By shifting the lever E to the left the brake is disengaged, and at the same time the conical sleeve 0 force's apart the long arms of the lever N, causing their shorter arms, a, to engage the projection 0 on the yielding faceplate I and force the latter outwardly or away from the cross-bar H and, through the bolts K, draw the friction-surface on the pulley G in contact with the frictionblocks Z on the adjacent face of the cross-bar H, and also to force the friction-blocks a in snug contact with the friction-surfaces a, and

thus firmly lock the band or driving pulley G and fly-wheel F to the shaft 0 and rotate the latter. By imparting an opposite movement to the lever E the pulley and fly-wheel are disengaged from the shaft and rotate independent thereof, while the brake mechanism arrests the movement of the sh aft and retains it in a stationary position.

This improvement is an important and 'valuable attachment to machines for stamping tinware and other machines that require to be stopped and started at any portion of their stroke, and hence I do not limit myself to any particular application of this improvement, neither do I restrict myself to the construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, as it is evident that many changes might be resorted to without departing from my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I pulley to, the shaft, and also move the frictionbrake disk longitudinally on the shaft and release the brake, while an opposite movement of the hand-lever will release the band-pulley and apply the brake, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a shaft, of a flywheel and band-pulley,constructed and arranged to be rotated independently of the shaft, and clutch mechanism for lockin g the fly-wheel and band-pulley to the shaft and causing them to rotate therewith, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with ashaft, a fly-wheel provided with an elongated sleeve, and a band or driving pulley attached to said sleeve, of a clutch secured to said shaft, and devices for locking the band-pulley to said clutch by frictional contact therewith, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with aband-pulley having frictional surfaces a cast integral therewith, of the cross-bar secured to the shaft, the yielding faceplate, curved levers, conical sliding collar, and frictional wearing blocks or plates, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combinatiomwith the shaft, fly-wheel, band-pulley, and clutch, of the sliding collar provided with Wearing-blocks and a stationary friction-surface, constituting a friction-brake for the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

In testimony whereof I have signed this speci fication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. THOMAS R. MORGAN, SR.

Vitnesses;

JOHN H. LLOYD, SAM. S. lVEnn. 

